I’ve not seen organisation like it. All their defensive actions are immaculate, its impossible to imagine them conceding a penalty, especially with Stevie Wonder refereeing.
Villarreal’s defence
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It's a wonder how Arsenal looked so... Arsenally under Emery...
Maybe it's just the club DNA...
Maybe it's just the club DNA...
Once we started running at them they looked more suspect. We played into their hands for the majority of that half.
Gets an award for the deepest sitting defence in Europe. Might as well put two goalkeepers on. I am salty as feck, so this opinion might sound a bit stupid.
With a 35 year old Raul Albiowngoal too 
Nice Jinx
No way they concede two though.
Makes me wary of Torres. Easy to look decent when all 4 defenders stay back and have 2 or 3 midfielders sitting 15 yards in front.
They won't concede again
Do they always sit this deep, or are they grossly aware that this team struggles against any team that sits back and excels against teams that push forward?
Looked similar v Arsenal from what I saw too. Torres defends the near post well which I'd say isn't hard then I see Lindelof and Bailly struggle with it.
Welcome to the villarreal experience
They don't play like this usually btw, this is strictly "must win game against a superior opponent" stuff from emery
They don't play like this usually btw, this is strictly "must win game against a superior opponent" stuff from emery
Not watching, but expect Utd to have this wrapped up...
Our Alberto Moreno is on. Just waiting for the inevitable
Seen Burnley defend the same way. Nothing special about it if you ask me.
He was so bad for you guys.
Gaspar is one of the best 1v1. Rashford can never take people on . He never concedes a penalty
Just with better players
I thought Burnleys and Palaces exist only in England. I thought Laliga is all about technical way of doing things . Baffled !!
Kinda salty in here. Villareal parked the bus, Emery is known for it. They are a town with a population of 50k to expect them to take United on would have seen them trashed. Its clear Emery had done his homework and knows United can't break teams down if you nullify their pace in behind. Their is nothing special about their defence in particular, their manager just knew United weakness and exploited it.
With Harry Maguire, United win that game and were slightly unlucky all things considered.
With Harry Maguire, United win that game and were slightly unlucky all things considered.
Yep, Utd have been really unlucky with injuries.
Congrats to Villarreal. They defended brilliantly. Their first every trophy, a club from a small town who have punched above their weight for about two decades now. It sucks we lost but its a great achievement for them.
Good coaching. They deserved to win.
Here comes the real salt.
I’d say they were organized and did well, but how many teams do you see have all 10 of their outfield players camped within 30 yards of their goal??
Aside from the fact they have fecking great defenders
With Maguire on the pitch they defend that freekick better because he keeps Lindelof alert imo.
Agreed, Utd don't have the depth in defence. Even their fans will admit that.
They have an ancient Raul Albiol who's no more than decent and certainly not what he was. Foyth is a Spurs reject... Pedraza was constantly shipped out on loan. How many of their defenders would start at Real? City? Chelsea? United? They have good defenders and Torres looks like he can make the step up. Thats it. Credit to them, but with a more attacking manager they get pumped today. Emery was outstanding today and played United like a violin, that was the big difference.
Admit it? Most of our fan base won’t stop crying about it. We simultaneously have one of the worst squads in the league and one of the worst managers in the league. Yet -1 + -1 = 2nd.
You can see it, I can see it = new contract for Ole.
Albiol and Torres were great at the back I though (I know it's one of the 100 trending jinxs threads on here currently).
Can see why Torres is being looked at by a few clubs to see if he'll be this summer's Dias.
Have to say his penalty was incredible aswell considering he was 10th in line.
Thought Man. United would really get at their full backs but Foyth was really good with his positioning and you'd expect him to get a proper chance again at Spurs next seaon. LB was a bit weaker v Greenwood and overall smart from Emery to put two fresh ones on with about 15 minutes left of normal time, Man. United were completely nulified after that and just got into playing for penalties mindset a bit too easily.
Can see why Torres is being looked at by a few clubs to see if he'll be this summer's Dias.
Have to say his penalty was incredible aswell considering he was 10th in line.
Thought Man. United would really get at their full backs but Foyth was really good with his positioning and you'd expect him to get a proper chance again at Spurs next seaon. LB was a bit weaker v Greenwood and overall smart from Emery to put two fresh ones on with about 15 minutes left of normal time, Man. United were completely nulified after that and just got into playing for penalties mindset a bit too easily.
Impressive defence and they have scored 100 goals this season yet still only finished 7th in the league. Very strange team
Bailly was a disgrace. Those last 15 mins he spent on the pitch were abominable.
The one that killed me was when he was tending to his socks while Villarreal were attacking and almost in the box.
Just minutes before, he had casually passed the ball back to them.
Edit: WTF, how did I end up in this thread?
The one that killed me was when he was tending to his socks while Villarreal were attacking and almost in the box.
Just minutes before, he had casually passed the ball back to them.
Edit: WTF, how did I end up in this thread?
Their set-up and our play never put them under enough pressure to judge. Pau will have to show his 1v1 defending ability to play for us.
Raul Albiol is one of the smartest defenders around, one of the best at leading the line and is just generally fecking good. Pedraza had a fantastic season. Foyth started over Mario but both are good defenders
Pau Torres is a gem
Completely different sides of course but with Ronaldo-Tevez-Berbatov-Rooney didn't Man. United have about four 0-0s in CL with them in two seasons? So even with SAF you couldn't find an answer v them in the past so not always that easy v certain sides.
They're generally a club that are tricky to take out in europe, well drilled and always have dangerous final third players. Did not lose a single game in europa this season according to comms which says it all.
They're generally a club that are tricky to take out in europe, well drilled and always have dangerous final third players. Did not lose a single game in europa this season according to comms which says it all.
They don't play like this usually, much more open and aggressive and Gerard Moreno is their only really good forward
Albiol was great. Torres didnt have to be great because of that, did his bit as did the midfielders and Foyth was all over Rashford
That makes their defending even more impressive then.